(Washington) – US Vice President Kamala Harris confirmed on Monday that she will not meet with Vladimir Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine without Kiev being her representative.
She explained in an interview with CBS that if she is elected president, the meeting with the Russian president “will not take place bilaterally, without Ukraine.” “Ukraine should have a say in Ukraine's future.”
On this major foreign policy issue, the Democratic nominee for the White House sought to clearly distinguish herself from her rival, Donald Trump, one month before the presidential election.
“If Donald Trump were president, Putin would be sitting in Kiev right now,” she insisted. “Let’s be clear.” “He said, 'Oh, I can finish it on day one.' Do you know what it is? This is surrender. »
Mr. Trump regularly asserts that if he returns to power, he will end the war in Ukraine even before he takes office in January. But he never specified how he would do it.
He added: “We support Ukraine's ability to defend itself against unprovoked Russian aggression.”I Harris.
When asked about possible support for Ukraine's inclusion in NATO, she did not want to look beyond the presidential election.
“These are questions we will answer when we get to that point,” she added.
At the end of September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the United States, where he met with the current US President Joe Biden, as well as the US President.I Harris and Mr. Trump.
After his meeting with Donald Trump, he said he was “grateful” for the “very productive” meeting, where he presented his “victory plan”.
Ukraine is concerned about losing US support if Donald Trump wins. He regularly denounces the huge sums of money that Washington has released to Kiev since 2022.
Before his meeting with Mr. Zelensky, the Republican Party newspaper described him as “the best salesman on the planet.” He joked: “Every time he comes to our country, he leaves with $60 billion.”
In contrast, Joe Biden swore that “Russia will not win.” During his meeting with Zelensky, he announced “increased security assistance” — without mentioning the green light Kiev hopes to get to launch long-range missiles made in the United States toward Russia.
